News Headline
Expo 2012 to Focus on Protecting World's Marine Resources
Source
Inter Press Service News Agency
Publication Date
2012-03-19
UNITED NATIONS, Mar 16, 2012 (IPS) - The United Nations, which is hosting a major international summit on the global environment in Brazil in late June, points out that while the world's oceans account for 70 percent of the earth's surface, only one percent of this area is protected.